Hela was a bit surprised upon hearing this. "Do you really have the power to defeat the entire Celestials?"
"Nope!" Ryan said bluntly.
"Then why are you bragging!" Hela's face immediately darkened.
Ryan looked down at Hela, who was sitting on the edge, and grinned.
"But I do have the strength to kill most of the Celestials. I can't kill them all, but if they mess with me, I can pick them off one by one. If I can't win, I'll run, and then I'll hunt down members of the Celestials across the infinite Multiverse!"
"Don't the Celestials like to plant Celestial seed on life-bearing Planets? If they provoke me, I guarantee they will never have another newborn from now on!"
Hela looked at Ryan, who was exuding a dangerous aura and clearly wasn't joking, and couldn't help but swallow hard.
Brother, am I the villain, or are you?
Why do I feel like you inspire the fear of death even more than I, the Goddess of Death, do?
"If you treat the Celestials like that, aren't you afraid they'll do the same to your family?"
This was Hela's biggest point of confusion.
Facing this question, Ryan only said one thing indifferently: "I will avenge them."
Hearing this, the hair on Hela's body stood on end.
What an "untargetable" person! What a person who doesn't cave under pressure!
She wasn't afraid of a powerhouse far stronger than herself, but she was afraid of a powerhouse with no weaknesses!
Hela's face turned pale. "You... do you really not care about them at all?"
Ryan's expression remained calm. "I care. Of course I care. But compromising with an enemy or even surrendering yourself just because you care is a very foolish and irrational act."
"Even if the other party really spares your family, it will make you lose your fighting spirit completely, just like Odin. There is only ever a first time for compromise and then countless times after, and I don't intend to let myself have a first time."
"Instead of compromising, I would rather find a way to resurrect them after avenging them."
Hela looked at Ryan, her eyes becoming incredibly complex, finally turning into a single sentence: "You are too terrifying..."
"Many people say that~" Ryan smiled and reached out his hand to Hela again. "I've told you Odin's secret now. Our deal officially begins. Before I leave, I'll give you a meeting gift."
"A meeting gift?" Although confused, Hela obediently took Ryan's hand and stood up.
Holding Hela's hand, Ryan said slowly, "Don't you want to recreate Asgard? Then how can Asgard be without its Asgard Palace? Today, I will give you a Asgard Palace!"
As he spoke, Ryan reached out his other hand and lifted it slightly.
In the next moment, a red light centered on Ryan and Hela and began to cover the entire city.
Hela was amazed to find that, starting from the Stark Tower beneath her feet, everything began to look familiar.
This modern building turned into a unique golden Asgardian structure, and along with the surrounding skyscrapers, they began to turn into parts of the Asgard Palace one by one.
Until the red light covered dozens of blocks, finally forming the complete Asgard Palace that Hela was so familiar with!
And the expansion of the red light did not stop; it continued to spread, turning more buildings into Asgardian-style structures—that was the main city area of Asgard!
Until the red light covered the entire New York, transforming all of New York into the likeness of the former Asgard, did Ryan stop using the Reality Stone's ability to modify reality.
"This is Asgard... my Asgard!"
Hela looked at the 'New Asgard' in front of her, where every blade of grass and every tree was exactly as she remembered. Her eyes lit up, and her fighting spirit grew stronger!
Seeing this, Ryan's smile deepened.
As expected, if you want the horse to run, you have to feed it first!
"This is just the beginning of New Asgard. Starting from Earth, what awaits you is the entire sea of stars. I believe you will surely surpass the glory Odin once brought to Asgard and let the glory of Asgard truly spread throughout the entire Universe!"
Hela nodded firmly at Ryan's words. "There is no doubt about that!"
Ryan nodded slightly. "Alright, I'll leave the zombies in this city to you. I believe they will become your first force. I'm going back to get the reward Odin promised me!"
"Oh, right, there's also a Zombie Little Witch in this World helping me collect a zombie army. You'll probably run into her later. Try not to have a conflict with her. Your goal is the sea of stars, and her goal is just to help me guard this Universe's Earth. Your goals don't conflict. I'll also give her your information."
After leaving his final words, Ryan turned and disappeared into the blue light without any lingering, leaving the Zombie Universe.
Hela raised an eyebrow as she watched Ryan disappear. "Besides me, he actually has another woman hidden in this Universe?"
"A zombie Witch? He really knows how to have fun~"
"But no conflict? Hmph, that depends on whether this Zombie Little Witch knows her place. There can only be one Zombie King in this World!"
After speaking, Hela leapt down from the top of the hundreds-of-meters-high Asgard Palace. With a 'boom,' she slammed into the ground below, causing a web of spider-like cracks to spread out from beneath her feet!
Hearing this massive commotion, countless zombies, who were still a bit dazed by the sudden change in environment, came rushing toward the direction where Hela had landed.
Facing the chilling roars of the zombies and the endless tide of corpses, Hela, who stood up from a Superhero Landing, wasn't afraid at all. Instead, her face was full of excitement.
"My subjects, have you all come to welcome your new king? Very well, then... kneel!"
With a majestic and stern shout, a magical scene occurred. The zombies, who were originally full of bloodlust, actually knelt on the ground one by one, out of control!
They were completely bewildered, having no idea why their knees suddenly went soft and gave way!
In the next moment, an even more shocking scene occurred.
As Hela walked elegantly toward the large crowd of kneeling zombies, starting from the first zombie closest to her, streaks of eerie green light began to fly from the bodies of the zombies toward Hela!
As the first streak of eerie green light entered Hela's body, a green glow flashed in her eyes!
Her Death Power... was back!
As more and more ghostly lights turned into a sky full of eerie green starlight and gathered into Hela's body, a king most suited for this zombie apocalypse World was rising at a frantic speed!
On the other side of the World.
Sokovia.
At some point, in the standing dark red palace, a figure in a red dress on the high throne opened her crimson eyes and looked at a message sent to the bracelet she regarded as a treasure.
Zombie Wanda was first delighted, but after seeing the content that popped up on the bracelet, her face turned dark again:
"Hela, the Goddess of Death?"
"What right does a living woman have to step into my World and even dream of becoming another Queen of the Undead? Is she worthy?"
"Especially since Ryan even built a palace for her. Why?! Why?! Why!!!"
An emotion called jealousy began to grow wildly like a virus in the heart of Zombie Wanda!
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